O'Connor Family Papers

Collection — Multiple Containers

Identifier: 001-01-MSS 2017-038

Scope and Contents

Family papers of Owen Robert O'Connor and wife Beulah O'Connor (nee Rutter) including clippings, correspondence, photographs, school records, and military records. Military records of Owen O'Connor include U. S. Army service records, uniform patches, ration cards, photographs, medical and disability files, and place of duty records during WWII for Eqypt, Casablanca, and the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany. Family records include baby albums and funeral albums. Family members represented include Mary Susan O'Connor, Owen Robert O'Connor, Jr., Bessie Vernelson Rutter, and Roland L. Rutter. A small collection of rosaries and Knights of Columbus pins is also included.

Dates

created: 1938-1991
Other: Majority of material found in 1938-1969
Other: Date acquired: 06/19/2017

Creator

O'Connor, Owen R. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to all researchers.

Conditions Governing Use

The status of copyright for these materials is governed by Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U. S. C.). Copyright restrictions may apply.

Biographical or Historical Information

The collection represents the family papers of Owen Robert O'Connor and his wife, Beulah Leona O'Connor (nee Rutter) of Portsmouth, Virginia, along with their children Mary Susan O'Connor and Owen Robert O'Connor, Jr. Owen Robert O'Connor served in the U.S. Army as a Private during WWII (1943-1946) in Germany and in the Persian Gulf. He was present during the Nuremberg Trials in Nuremberg, Germany.

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